0:01 Hello, everyone.

0:02 This is Cheri for The Writing Glitch Pocket Cast.

0:08 I was just pondering on my way home last week after my trip to Kentucky to see that wonderful ranch that I visited that's doing dyslexia training over the summer.

0:27 And I was thinking a lot about the placement of our interventions to strategically enhance what we're trying to facilitate with the education.

0:43 And followed by that my experience with the June event that was hosted by general panic.

0:53 And we were there talking a little bit about whether you allow the students to engage in the activity that they were doing when you broke out and let them do some independent work versus do you stop them abruptly, get their attention again, and want everyone to be focused on what you are going to say.

1:19 And teachers have really good techniques a lot of times on which way to go to facilitate the difference here.

1:30 One of the things that I suggested was utilizing the handstand flip, so the handstand flip can be used as an experience that will break up your instruction a little bit.

1:46 So Jonily facilitates her instruction with students by providing a stimulus, and then she provides an experience, then she'll teach math, and then she will leave something that lingers at the very end.

2:09 And she calls that salt.

2:11 And one of the things that we were talking about is when we're breaking them up from that experience back into the mini-lesson.

2:20 Do we let them continue working while we're training?

2:26 Sometimes, letting the students continue to work and listen simultaneously is good.

2:33 But other times, you don't want to do that.

2:35 And that's when you can use the handstand flip or other activities to get their attention back.

2:44 And one of the reasons it works is because, hey, everybody, it's time to stop.

2:51 Now.

2:52 I want you to stand up at the side of your desk, and I want you to put your hands over your head and proceed with the handstand flip because they abruptly had to stop.

3:00 They shift their attention to what you are sharing with them.

3:05 And therefore, they're not going to continue manipulating whatever they were doing in your lesson and your experience that you were teaching them with the independent stuff.

3:20 So, when do you think is a good time to interject these functional activities with your students that will encourage a natural break in the action so that you can reengage them in the learning process?

3:45 That's one way to utilize the handstand flip in the middle of your math lesson.

3:53 I hope this was helpful and has you thinking about when to strategically plan these 30-second interventions for your academic tasks.

4:06 This has been Cheri Dotterer from The Writing Glitch, and here is the Pocket Cast for Monday, June 12th. I hope you are having a blessed day, and remember you were put here for such a time as this to unleash that potential with those kids so they are career and college ready.

4:33 Talk to you soon. Thanks. Bye.